If 2016 was the year of JavaScript fatigue, 2017 was the year of JavaScript stability. No major framework wars. No revolutionary new tools that forced everyone to rewrite everything. Just steady iteration, performance improvements, and maturation of existing technologies.
This is less exciting than previous years, but more productive. The JavaScript ecosystem is growing up.
The Framework Landscape Settled
The big three frameworks solidified their positions:
React – Still dominant, especially in the U.S. React 16 shipped with Fiber, proving Facebook can execute large rewrites without breaking the ecosystem.